a long time ago in a galaxy far far away

Melynda has a tradition when she is sick that she curls up on the couch and watches the original Star Wars trilogy back to back. So that's what we are doing right now. It's good. George Lucas made be off his rocker with these new movies, but the original trilogy is gold.

I had to take the naked picture off my desktop. It was far too distracting. We're back to this nice black and white studio portrait of Boromir. Distracting, but less so.

Talked to HR this morning, and she seemed very impressed by whatever my former companions at PcO said. Such relief. Thank heavens for y'all.

I dreamed of being given a box full of things. I remember colored markers in star shapes and hearts, little pots of plants, a cactus, violets, a tiny tree.

This interview with George Lucas is ridiculous. It's very choppy. I don't know if it was the editing or the interviewer. But it makes me want to kick someone. Maybe I just hunted too deeply in interviews when I was doing this. But I believe in follow up questions.

poll silliness

Because we've been having an ongoing conversation along these lines since yesterday, and it has provoked much humor in our home. I'll put up some more later when we stop laughing and/or put in The Empire Strikes Back

[Poll #97299]

Melynda votes as follows:
Han Solo
Severus Snape
Eowyn
Eomer
Paul Atreidies
Heath Ledger from Ten Things I Hate About You
Princess Leia

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I just got email from my professor's oldest son Christopher, asking me to bring my laptop along on Saturday when I visit them. So we can play Heroes 4 on their computer, and Heroes 3 on mine at the same time. Heh. I love those kids. They're hysterical.

We've watched the entire trilogy back to back. Luke is defying the Emperor as I type, and the music in this part is so much more creepy than I remembered. It's beautiful. I love Vader's choice in the end, that even the darkest hearts can be turned to another path. Because I don't really believe in good and evil as absolutes, but in shades of grey and things that could have been.

Thomas is stopping by with a bottle of gin, and we are going to have a drink to celebrate my upcoming employment. I've talked to HR three times since I was hired, and it is so much like a real job I've forgotten it. Wait. It is a real job. Hah!